Origin: UK/France(Working Title Films, Relativity Media, Studio Canal) 2007Length: 130 minutes
Format: Color
Director: Joe Wright
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Screenplay: Christopher Hampton
Photography: Seamus McGarvey BSC
Music: Dario Marianelli
Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Saoirse, Patrick Kennedy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juno Temple, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michelle Duncan, Gina McKee, Daniel Mays, Nonzo Anozie.
BAFTA: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (best film), Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (best production design)
Oscar: Dario Marianelli (best original score)
Oscar Nominations: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (best picture), Saoirse Ronan (best supporting actress), Christopher Hampton (best adapted screenplay), Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer (best art direction), Seamus McGarvey (best cinematography), Jacqueline Durran (best costume design)
Links: BAFTA Wiki, Atonement Definition, Atonement Film Wiki, Atonement Novel Wiki
The typical British costume drama is constructed with carefully wrought language and an intermingling of different classes of people and is the basic setting for many British movies. Joe Wright's Atonement expands this basic form to include a memorable portrait of romantic love, albeit with a final twist. No doubt this expansion is helped along by Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Ian McEwan's celebrated novel, a meta fiction about historical memory and how point of view constructs reality. Thusly, Atonement tells a story about misunderstanding and class distinctions, but adds a war-time set piece to ground social intrigues in historical fact, all while inserting an autobiographical confession to change our perspective by movie's end. Gone is an easy fix, allowing betrayed lovers to reunite. Gone, too, is the simple-minded idea of offering forgiveness that heals all wounds.
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